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Virginia Tech’s Erick Green was part of a trade-crazed NBA draft Thursday night and landed with the Denver Nuggets. The Utah Jazz selected Green with the 46th overall pick, midway through the second round, but sent Green to Denver for cash and Rudy Gobert, a 7-foot-2 center from France, whom the Nuggets chose late in the first round. “So happy right now dreams come true. Glad to be heading to Denver,” Green tweeted shortly after midnight and less than an hour after his selection. Green worked out in Denver June 19, according to the Nuggets' website. That was the last of the team’s four pre-draft sessions, which included 21 players. Denver won a...

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Virginia Tech’s Erick Green was part of a trade-crazed NBA draft Thursday night and landed with the Denver Nuggets.
The Utah Jazz selected Green with the 46th overall pick, midway through the second round, but sent Green to Denver for cash and Rudy...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As one half of the Atlantic Coast Conference's top returning scoring backcourt, Miami's Malcolm Grant thinks he and teammate Durand Scott have earned at least a little respect.
So, when Grant's phone rang recently and a family member...

ACC basketball’s talent drain continues at a record pace. With the expected news that Duke’s Austin Rivers and North Carolina’s Harrison Barnes and John Henson are entering the NBA draft, the conference next season will return no first-team, all-league...

North Carolina State icon Sidney Lowe probably coached his final game for the Wolfpack on Thursday.
Maryland defeated State 75-67 in the first round of the ACC tournament, ending Lowe's fifth season on the bench at 15-16. The Wolfpack is 86-68...

The Lakers (16-41) take a three-game winning streak into their Sunday afternoon battle against a short-handed Oklahoma City Thunder (32-27) squad at Staples Center.
The Thunder will be without Russell Westbrook, who suffered a broken bone in his face...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- In the world according to Matt Barnes, the NBA should have gone even further than it did Friday when it announced it would start publicly disclosing reports on officials' calls in the last two minutes of close games.
"What about...

After the Pistons acquired point guard Reggie Jackson at the Feb. 19 trade deadline, team president/coach Stan Van Gundy shared the news with several members of the team via phone. But there was one player Van Gundy felt needed a face-to-face...

Kevin Love tied a career-best with eight 3-pointers for 24 points and LeBron James added 19 points and 11 assists as the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied in the second half to beat the Detroit Pistons 102-93 on Tuesday night. Love fell just one short of...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. Of all the impressive feats the Cavs have accomplished this season, here is one more: Only one team in the NBA has beaten them more than once this season the conference-leading Atlanta Hawks. The Detroit Pistons were on their...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Derrick Rose could have shot 2-for-9 with six turnovers and have been outplayed by rookie Spencer Dinwiddie even if hadn't missed the first post-All-Star-break practice on Wednesday because of travel issues.
After all, bad games...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. Detroit Pistons fans came out Sunday to see the team's new point guard. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope showed them the young shooting guard might just have a future in this league. Caldwell-Pope scored 13 of his game-high 26 points...

DETROIT The Detroit Pistons started the post-All-Star break with a 100-91 victory over the Chicago Bulls Friday night. Forced to play with only 10 players because of Thursday's trade deadline deals that landed point guard Reggie Jackson and former...

NEW YORK Lost in the flurry of a record 39 players traded among 17 teams on Thursday's NBA deadline day was this: Five players from the first round of the 2011 draft class have been dealt in the past two months. Included in that figure is Iman...

The No. 8 seeds suddenly look like more than first-round fodder. Oklahoma City and Miami were two of the biggest winners on trade deadline day, making themselves not only strong enough to hold off the teams behind them, but perhaps challenge the ones...

Given that no substantive rumors leaked leading up to Thursday's NBA trade deadline, it's no surprise the Bulls were idle as the 2 p.m. Central time deadline passed.
The Bulls, who have an open roster spot, not only like their current roster but also...

TV/radio: 6:30 p.m. Friday; CSN, WMVP-AM 1000.
Storylines: The Bulls are expected to be at full strength for just the 17th time this season, going 13-3 previously. The Pistons were revamped from these teams' first meeting after waiving Josh Smith and...

Stan Van Gundy has a good poker face. Moments after appearing nonchalant about the Detroit Pistons' trade deadline prospects, the Pistons acquired promising young point guard Reggie Jackson from the Oklahoma City Thunder and longtime Pistons star...

Here's our team-by-team preview of the Western Conference. Teams are in predicted order of finish in their divisions.
SOUTHWEST DIVISIONSan Antonio Spurs
Last Season: 62-20, 1st in Southwest. Defeated Miami to win NBA title.
The Buzz: The way the Spurs...

(in predicted order of finish)
1. Spurs
2013-14: 62-20.
Coming: Kyle Anderson.
Going: No one of significance.
Despite all of their sustained success, the Spurs have never won back-to-back titles. In fact they never had reached the NBA Finals in...